Folding bed.



JPATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

A. PIASER. FOLDING BED. APELIUATIOR FILED OUT. 23,1907.

W/TIVESSES To all whom it may concern il l l ABRAHAM PIASER, 01 NEW YORK, It.

FOLDING Specification of Letters E's/tent.

Patented July let, ions.

Application filed. October 23, 1997. ilerioi No. film/hi1.

Be it known that l, Asrilrnmr PIASER, a subject of the Czar oi Russia, and s'rcsident ol' the city of New York, horou h of the Bronx, in tho county and State of how York, have invented rinew and improved Folding Bed of whirh the following is a full, clear, and onset description.

This invention relates to folding beds, and more particularly to articles of this character fashioned from metal.

An ohjeotof the invention is to rovido a. simple, strong and incx onsivs folding bed which can he quickly uni easily extended. for use, anilwhirhcan he folded into a small and compact forn1.

Afurthor ob ect of the invention is to provides dovice of the class described, the parts of which, when the bed is extended, are socurely looked against accidental movement, and in which the weight of the user acts to hold the ports in position.

A still further object oi the invention is to rovidc siolding bod so constructed that -the iolding sections are locked against casual movomcnt when in an operative or extended position, and certain of which are s'lso'loclrod against occidental displacement when in a folded osition.

- The invention consists in the construction and combination of ports to be more full doscrihod hereinafter and particularly set iorth in the claims.

Reference is to he had to tho accompanying drawings forming a part of this specific-iv tion, in. which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding ports in rill the views, and in which l iguro l. is n porspoctivc view of the l'olding bod, showing the some in its oxtonded or operative arrangement tion showing the bod wheniolded, undhuving' a port broken away Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section of one of the joints; of the bod; nod l ig. 4- is :1V similar viomoi m iolher joint. I

lioloro proceeding to :L morn detailed oxplonntion oi my invonliou it should he undorstood that tho szuno is purticdnrly useful inroiinortion witlrl'olding hodfs, though it is also :uluptod [or application to ol'hor orti clcsol' l'ili'iiili1i'o,siu-l1 l or instiiiu-o, 1th com-hos, ottoiniius, and tho liko. The bed can ho Fig. 2 is :1. side eievufashioned from on); suitable nistoriol, such us wrought-iron, brass or tho hlco. A

spring of the usual typo can be cinploysdror, 1i so desired, or special canvas support for n,

mattress can he used.

My invention rosidos primarily, in the construction of the frame of the boil, and certain of the details can be varied without departs ing from tho underlying principle of the invention.

Rcforring more particularly to the drnwings, I provide nframe having sectional sides 1, fashioned prsl'i-iriihly from strip metal and each comprising two adjacent middle soctions 2 connected at their inner 'ends by moons of 9. suitable joint 3, and having st their outer suds siinilur joints 4 by means of which tlinff nro secured to end sections 5. The outer extremities of the end soothing; 5 are joined by end braces or rails S profsrzihl y' of roundedcrosssoction and having the ends arranged in. suitable openings of the end soctions 5, At one ond of the ironic is u hoard 7 comprising cross iooes 8 and sides 9; tho latter have tho onus laterally disposed and pivotally secured to tho ond rails 5 by moons of screws or bolts i The arrangement is such that when tho head is opcrstivcly on? tsndod it is held in oosition by the crossbroco 6. it can ho to dod substantially into the piano oi the ond sections 5', us indinoted in dotted outline in Fig. 2. fit the opposits ooil of the ironic is s. foot ll similnr in form to the hood Tthough preferablysoinowhat smaller. ltwiil ho undorslimd that tho form of the hood and tho foot of tho folding bed can be varied to suit individual ronvonionco and taste, the nrietliod of attaching these ports to the end rails salons, being of importance in ronnoction with, in invontion.

The joints l comprise similar plates 12 having roundod portions 13 and laterally om tended portions 14. The sections 2 are socurod' at one and solution the laterally o1;- tondod portions l lof the joints -l and are. rigidly attached thereto by moons oi hull-s or rivots 'lho ond sections 5 how laterally disposed OKl-i'fllllitios iii whirhoro pivoted hy lilonns of suitzihlo srrows or hol 5; l7 hetwoon tho oxtoudod portions 13 of the joints;'

Logs 1H ziro pivolod zit iho joints h) moons of hoods '19 which are. mo'mhly arranged hi screws or rivets 25. and between the sections is arranged a pin or leg abuts against tended until they'are parallel to the, sections 2,- thereby permitting the extension of the sides of the bed into a substantially horizontai position. The legs 18 "can be folded against the sections tions 2 at the upper sides thereof;

,The center joints 3 comprise similar plates 22,.having the upper edges flattened and carrying ivotally between them,,the center legs 23. hose are mounted in position by means of screws or rivets 24. The inner extremities of the sections 2 are laterally disposed and are pivotally arranged between the plates 22 of the center joints, by means of Above the center leg stud 26 joining the plates 22 and constituting a stop to hold thesections extended. The latter have edge recesses to receive the stop when the arts are extended, as is shown most clear y in Fig. 4. Thus the stop 26 of each joint 3 serves to limit the movement of the adjacent sections 2 when the frame is extended. When the bed is folded up, the sections 2 are arranged at the opposite sides of the center legs and adjacent thereto. At the same time, the ends of the legs 18 extend between the plates of the joints 4- and are thereby locked in position, as is shown most clearly in Fig; 2. v The opposite legs 18 and 23 are joined by sifiitable cross-bars 27;

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A folding bed, comprising a pln'rality oi foldable sections, joints connecting them, and legs pivoted at said joints, said legs serving to engage between said sections to hold them a must movement relative to one another w ion the parts are extended.

2. A folding bed, comprising a plurality of foldable sections, joints connectin them, and legs provided with heads pivots at said joints, said heads servin to engage between said sections to hold t em againstwfnovement relative to one another in one direction when the parts are extended.

3. A folding'fbed, comprising a plurality of sections, joints foldably connecting the ad jacent sections, and legs'pivotally mounted v 2 "at the under side's thereof, the end rails 5 folding uponthe sec-I at said joints, said joints having stops for en gaging at the ends of said sections when the atter are extended, thereby servin to hold the sections against movement relative to one another in one direction.

4, A foldingi bed, having sides comprising adjacent mid le sections and end sections, joints connecting said adjacent middle sections, and said middle sections and said end sections, and 1e pivoted at said joints, said legs at said joints connecting said middle sections and said end sections having heads adapted to engage between said middle sections and said end sections to limit the ex- ,tension thereof said joints codiiecting said adjacent middle sect ons having stops to limit'the extension of said adjacent middle sections;v

" .5. A folding bed, comprising a plurality of ioldable sections, joints connecting them, and legs pivoted at said joints, one of said joints being formed to receive the leg pivoted at another of said joints when the bed is folded, thereby holding the parts together.

6. A folding bed, having sides comprising adjacent middle sections and end sections, joints pivotally connecting said adjacent middle sections, and said middle sections and said. and sections, and legs pivoted at said joints, said legs at said joints connecting said middle sections and said end sections havin heads adapted to enga e between said en sections and said mid le sections to limit the extension. thereof, said joints connecting to limit the extension of said adjacent middle sections, and being formed to receive the ends of said legs ivoted at said 'oints connecting said mid le sections an said end sections when the bed is folded.

7. A foldin bed, having sides comprising adjacent mid le sections and end sections, joints connecting the adjacent ends of said middle sections, further joints connecting said middle sections and said end sections, legs pivoted at said 'oints and said further 'omts, said legs at said further joints havin eads serving to limit the extension of sai sections, said joints having stops to limit the extension of said end thereof, and a foot pivotally mounted between said sides at the other end: thereof.

8. A folding bed, comprising sides consisting of middle sections and end sections; joints connecting adjacent ends of said middle sections, further joints connecting the end sections, said joints and said further the middle sections and the end sections respectively, pivoted thcrebetween, legs pivoted between the sides of said further oints said adjacent middle sections having stops middle sections, a head pivotally mounted between said sides atone outerends of said middle sections with said 7 'oints comprising similar side plates having jaining mid and s 30;.1'1111g sand legs.

to limit the extem 531 11: 01' and middle sechmm and and 5310125, lugs ph omd betweml said "oints, a head p jwamfly Hmuniaed bet rzeen sai sides, & foot 2 yyotafly mmmted bemwaen smd. mules, 0w

in t Limony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presazm-e of two subscribing Witnesses.

ABRAI IAM PLLSE R Witneases:

JOHN M. BRACLNOQEL,

JOHN P. DAVIS.

tians, and cross- 1 

